Close-Up Profiles
When Barbara first met John Stropko, she said, "I was crazy about him."
Almost 30 years later, they are still joined at the hip. In fact, I
would say the Stropkos are living a life they love. They
are in love with each other, in love with nature, in love with art, and
in love with their business. So their business, New Desert Gallery,
Inc., is truly a labor of love.
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Close-Up Profiles
BORN AND BRED IN HATTIESBURG, Mississippi, Mike Mason exudes confidence—it’s in his DNA. His father worked for the Mississippi Cooperative Service as a county agent. “Like many kids in high school, I was trying to earn a few dollars mowing lawns,” he said.
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Close-Up Profiles
When Crystal Alington came into this world, times were tough. Her
father worked on a dairy farm in Erie, Pennsylvania, and to augment his
income, he also worked in a nursery and as a truck driver nights and
weekends. Some days he would work in a sawmill; other days, he would mow
fields for the nursery. In the winter, he would plow snow. He did
anything that could bring in a little extra money so he could put food
on the table.
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Drip Irrigation - Low Flow
“A family with six children had just moved in and needed a kid-friendly backyard,” says Eric Fenmore, owner of DIG Landscape Construction in Newport Beach, California. “The landscape had been neglected—the backyard was overgrown, dark and damp, with a facing slope that was a case study in erosion and run-off.
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Business Articles
There is much to consider for a landscape contractor who realizes the
dream of starting his or her own company. Among other attributes, it
takes foresight and determination to find a formula for success, both
initially and in the long run. Sometimes, it also takes a little outside
help to truly optimize that success.
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Close-Up Profiles
Travis Freeman remembers going out on sales calls with his father when
he was a little boy. He would listen intently, and loved it when his
father demonstrated the vacuum cleaners he was selling. It seems that
ever since he was a little kid, all Freeman ever wanted to do was to be
in business for himself.
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Horton grew up in the San Fernando Valley, a suburb of Los Angeles, California, where he attended Cal State University, Northridge. His major was accounting. Once in school, he realized that he needed to get a job to help pay for his tuition, and he found one with a landscape contractor.
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